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Analyst reports manufacturing executives are looking to MES software as an enterprise solution that aligns manufacturing and supply chain technologies.

Savigent Software, Inc., a company specializing in event-driven manufacturing operations management software, has been named a Representative Vendor in the Pure-Play MES vendor class category in the Market Guide for Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Software by Gartner, the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company. The Market Guide, released on June 21, 2016, assesses the state of the MES market and makes recommendations for manufacturing executives pursuing the deployment of MES applications. Read more »

The Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute brings over $140 million in public-private investment to develop new technology solutions for use in advanced manufacturing.

Savigent Software (www.savigent.com) announced today that as a member of the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC), the company has been named as an industry partner in the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute. On Monday, June 20, 2016 President Obama announced that SMLC will lead the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, in partnership with the Department of Energy. This coalition brings together a consortium of organizations from across industry, academia, government and non-profits trade groups to spur advances in Smart Manufacturing technology and digital process controls that can radically improve the efficiency of U.S. advanced manufacturing. Read more »

The Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International has announced the winners of its 2016 ‘Outstanding Contribution to MESA’ award. This year’s award has been presented to Jimmy Asher of Savigent Software. The annual award was established in 2008 to recognize the effort and dedication of individuals whose personal contributions have greatly benefited the entire association. Read more »

Savigent Software, Inc., a leading provider of event-driven manufacturing operations management software, and Factora, a manufacturing solutions consulting firm, announced that they have formalized a strategic partnership. Factora is now a Savigent Authorized Partner providing solutions consulting, architectural and design services, and professional services on implementation and support of the Savigent technology. Read more »

BLOOMINGTON, MINN. – MESA (Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association) International has identified Savigent Software as a MESA-Recognized Business.This recognition program is intended to build greater market awareness for individuals and businesses dedicated to MESA’s goal of educating the global marketplace on how and why to leverage modern Information Technologies in production operations.

“Achieving the status of a MESA-Recognized Business further establishes Savigent Software’s role as a leader in manufacturing software technology,” said Jimmy Asher, Director of Product Strategy for Savigent Software and MESA International Treasurer. “Our clients can take great comfort in knowing we take pride in our participation and contributions that we make to them and the industry as a whole.”

MESA International President, Mike Yost, commenting on this achievement, said, “MESA members, both individuals and companies, make a commitment to working toward the common good. We recognize those who understand the value of working together, in our global community, to lead, contribute and learn from others. We’re proud to recognize Savigent Software for their commitment to our organization and it’s educational efforts. Leaders like this help us help companies meet the growing demands of manufacturing in the 21st century.”

Savigent joined MESA International as a Platinum Keynote Sponsor in 2014. Jimmy Asher, Director of Product Strategy for Savigent Software serves as treasurer for MESA International Board of Directors and as chair for the Finance Committee. Mark Besser, Vice President of Services for Savigent Software, serves on the MESA Americas Board of Directors and as chair of the Membership Committee.

About MESA’s Recognition Program:

The program centers on an individual’s or a business’ commitment to the association’s objectives, as quantified in three ways, each required for recognition:

Active MESA membership or sponsorship.

Regular contribution – active in MESA activities, such as contributing to committees and working groups or attending online or regional events.

Practical proficiency – defined for individuals through the successful attainment of a Certificate of Competency from the MESA Global Education Program (GEP) and for businesses through the number of recognized individuals employed and by self-assessing annual solutions deployment success.

About MESA:

MESA (Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association) International is a global, not-for-profit community of manufacturers, producers, industry leaders and solution providers who are focused on improving Operations Management capabilities through the effective application of Information Technologies, IT-based solutions and best practices. To accomplish this, we:

Savigent Software pioneered a new class of event-driven manufacturing operations management software. The company has served manufacturers in a variety of industries including automotive, semiconductor, contract manufacturing, industrial, specialty chemical, food and beverage, energy, consumer packaged goods, plastics and glass manufacturing, and aerospace and defense. Customers served by Savigent Software are seeking increased efficiencies, agile control of manufacturing assets, and improved process control and product quality. The company also serves OEMs and independent software vendors by providing value-added software solutions for their products. Its Savigent suite of products provides solutions for workflow automation, manufacturing intelligence and systems integration.

BLOOMINGTON, MINN. (November 9, 2015) – Savigent Software, Inc., the Bloomington-based company specializing in event-driven manufacturing operations management software, announced today the release of Savigent Streamline™. This latest addition to Savigent Software’s suite of products is a rules-based, complex-event application used to implement fault detection. The software allows organizations to more rapidly discover and act upon anomalies and prevent future faults.

Using Streamline, opportunities or threats can be quickly identified and responded to by acting immediately to shut down a machine or make adjustments to the process. Streamline eliminates challenges caused by communications delays and/or out of-order data, by using time-encoded streams of sensor data, contexts and events, and then time stamps each stream separately. This ensures that while data is collected in real-time, analysis and calculations remain highly accurate and predictive.

“Savigent Software developed Streamline to address challenges presented in detecting faults or anomalies, which is usually a manual effort and complicated by multiple data origins,” said Jimmy Asher, director of product strategy for Savigent Software. “Streamline’s multi-variable analysis gives manufacturers the capability to infer data that is not directly collected. This allows faults or anomalies to be identified automatically. This flexibility increases uptime, decreases waste, and allows engineers and developers to focus on performing at their highest value.”

The software solution allows users to accelerate and automate the fault-detection process by combining data from multiple sources to identify events or patterns that suggest more complicated circumstances. Users can configure rule sets to quickly modify algorithms across the entire platform based upon specific incoming data. Without this kind of technology, engineers often end up using multiple applications that replicate data, running iterative reports and wasting crucial technical and human resources. Instead, Streamline intelligently aggregates and analyzes multiple data and event streams, eliminating reprocessing of data.

Savigent Software pioneered a new class of event-driven manufacturing operations management software. The company has served manufacturers in a variety of industries including automotive, semiconductor, contract manufacturing, industrial, specialty chemical, food and beverage, energy, consumer packaged goods, plastics and glass manufacturing, and aerospace and defense. Customers served by Savigent Software are seeking increased efficiencies, agile control of manufacturing assets, and improved process control and product quality. The company also serves OEMs and independent software vendors by providing value-added software solutions for their products. Its Savigent suite of products provides solutions for workflow automation, manufacturing intelligence and systems integration.

BLOOMINGTON, MINN., – The Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) has named Savigent Software and Seagate Technology as joint finalists in the Advanced Manufacturing category for the 2015 Tekne Awards. The Tekne Awards honor Minnesota companies and individuals who have shown superior technology innovation and leadership.

Seagate Technology and Savigent Software have been recognized for their collaborative effort in developing an advanced manufacturing innovation that improves the way that production equipment, work instructions and manufacturing processes are controlled. Seagate’s Recording Head Operations partnered with Savigent Software to develop and implement a state-of-the-art factory control system that increases tool efficiency, reduces errors and improves process control. The result is a dramatic improvement in efficiency, which directly impacts Seagate’s ability to get its product to market quickly.

“We’re proud to provide innovative companies like Seagate Technology with powerful software to create a better manufacturing process that leads to better business outcomes,” said David Wicker, President and CEO, Savigent Software. “Implementing our Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) software has allowed Seagate to make improvements in the execution of its advanced manufacturing processes and not only capture, store and organize previously inaccessible production tool sensor data, but to contextualize, normalize and analyze that data in real-time, and then revise and deploy workflows to optimize the manufacturing process.”

“Identifying equipment issues in real-time is a significant improvement, but creating a workflow system that is capable of connecting with virtually all manufacturing control applications is what makes this a transformational innovation for us,” said Win Giles, Plant Manager, Recording Head Operations at Seagate’s Bloomington, Minn. facility. “Savigent has given us the ability to more effectively drive factory operations, resulting in faster production cycles, decreased material waste and decreased energy use.”

Presented by the MHTA, the Tekne Awards annually recognize Minnesota’s best and brightest technology users and developers in innovation, development, education, commercialization and management.

The 16th annual Tekne Awards program will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Wednesday, Nov. 18. For additional information, visit http://www.tekneawards.org.

About Savigent Software
Savigent Software pioneered a new class of event-driven manufacturing operations management software. The company has served manufacturers in a variety of industries including automotive, semiconductor, contract manufacturing, industrial, specialty chemical, food and beverage, energy, consumer packaged goods, plastics and glass manufacturing, and aerospace and defense. Customers served by Savigent Software are seeking increased efficiencies, agile control of manufacturing assets, and improved process control and product quality. The company also serves OEMs and independent software vendors by providing value-added software solutions for their products. Its Savigent suite of products provides solutions for workflow automation, manufacturing intelligence and systems integration. Learn more about Savigent Software at www.savigent.com.

About Seagate Technology
Seagate creates space for the human experience by innovating how data is stored, shared and used. Founded in 1979, Seagate is the leading provider of hard drives and storage solutions, offering the broadest portfolio of storage products in the industry. Seagate’s Recording Head Operations (RHO) facility located in Bloomington, Minn., designs and manufactures the most important and complex component in a hard drive: the magnetic recording head. Learn more at www.seagate.com. Follow Seagate on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Spiceworks, Google+ and subscribe to our blog.

About Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA)
MHTA is an innovation and technology association united in fueling Minnesota’s prosperity. We help bring together the people of Minnesota’s technology ecosystem and lead the charge in directing technology issues to Minnesota’s state capitol. MHTA is the only membership organization that represents Minnesota’s entire technology-based economy. MHTA members include organizations of every size − involved in virtually every aspect of technology creation, production, application and education in Minnesota. Find out more online at http://www.mhta.org or follow MHTA on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MHTA.

BLOOMINGTON, MINN. – Savigent Software, Inc., a leading provider of event-driven manufacturing operations management software, has been identified as a Representative Vendor in the “Best-of-Breed MES Vendor” category in the Market Guide for Manufacturing Execution Systems Software by Gartner, the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company. Read more »

BLOOMINGTON, MINN. – Savigent Software, Inc., a leading provider of event-driven manufacturing operations management software, recently announced that FAST Technologies is now a premier systems integrator and authorized representative of Savigent Software in Europe. Read more »